RB Leipzig – Bayern Munich

The German champion will be stronger in a key match of the football weekend

The Bundesliga returns to the European football scene with the most intriguing encounter possible. The encounter with Bayern brings back bad memories for Leipzig's players and fans after a certain break. Last summer, it was with the champion that the Bulls played their first official match of the season, in which they lost the German Super Cup by a score of 3-5. Nevertheless, their opponents in the main event of Matchday 16 are currently sitting in the bottom three of the league table, with Bayern Munich sitting in a very harmonious position as leaders of Germany's elite division. The bookmakers expectedly picked the Munich club as favourites, offering odds of around 1.90 to win. Overall, Bayern have been a bit feverish in the first half of this season, which has left the champion in a catch-up role for a long time. If the loss of points against Borussia Dortmund or Union Berlin can still be explained to the fans, the home defeats to Stuttgart and Borussia Hladbach as well as the defeat against Augsburg are due to a loss of concentration or a weak attitude towards the matches. Another thing is that since mid-October, Bayern have stopped the dubious practice of losing points and won ten in a row, often scoring five or six goals each. A long break in the Bundesliga may carry an element of surprise in terms of the champion's playing form, but before the Mundial, the Munich machine spared no one. Leipzig had a long and extremely weak start to the season before management said goodbye to Domenico Tedesco and signed Marco Rosé. Under the new coach, the Bulls started to score regularly and climb up the standings. The team is approaching the meeting with the champion not only with a six-match winning streak, but also with staffing problems. Gulaci, Orban and Nkunku, the Bulls' key players on their lines, will not be able to take to the pitch on Friday. The statistics of head-to-head encounters are against Leipzig's chances of picking up points. In the past two years, the Bulls have played four games against the champion without bothering to draw even once. It is likely that Leipzig's players have not only gambling but also psychological problems when facing Bavaria. Let's bet on a win for the visitors.